OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 10 May 1917, Page 27

OBITUARY

REV. MOTHER REGIS, REE ETON. Tuesday’s Greymouth Star says: —‘Widespread sorrow was felt yesterday evening throughout the West Coast, and especially in Reef ton and Westport, when it became known the the Rev. Mother M. Regis Murray had passed away yesterday afternoon at Reef ton. The deceased lady was Mother Superior of the first band of Sisters of Mercy who founded the Reefton Convent in 1891. A few years later she led another devoted band of Sisters to found the Westport Convent. During her 26 years in New Zealand, the Rev. Mother Regis worked strenuously for the Christian education of the children who came under her care, and in spite of incessant ill-health achieved marvellous results amongst them. The news of her death will come as a painful shock to her pupils scattered throughout New Zealand, also to the many sufferers to whom she brought relief in time of sorrow. Nowhere will she be more missed than in her own community, where she was dearly loved and esteemed. The deceased lady was the eldest daughter of Mr. M. Murray, of West Maitland, N.S.W, She became a member of the Order of Our Lady of Mercy in the Convent at Singleton, N.S.W., and after a few years was chosen as leader of the Sisters, From the convent she came to Reefton in 1891. Her other sisters all became Sisters of Mercy. They are : .Sisters M. Cecilia and Gertrude (Singleton), the latter having predeceased Mother Mary Regis, and Sister Mary Gonzaza, of the Reefton Convent. Her brother (Brother Clement) is at present Provincial of the Marist Brothers of Australia, whilst the second brother (Brother Eusebius) is stationed in Wellington.—R.l.P.